The Gamer Traveler

Show Notes for Special Episode 01 of The Gamer Traveler:

Note: This special episode is completely dedicated to a gaming topic and has nothing to do with travel. If you are one of my non-gamer subscribers/listeners you can safely skip this episode and not miss anything. The next regular episode of The Gamer Traveler will be out in the next 2-3 days.

On April 19, 07 the press release came out that Wizards of the Coast had decided not to renew Paizo Publishing’s license to produce DRAGON and DUNGEON Magazines, two staples of the gaming industry for the last three decades. The announcement has come as a surprise to gamers everywhere, most of whom have fond memories of these magazines as they relate to their gaming lives.

In this special episode, I talk about my thoughts on the announcement, fond memories revolving around these magazines, and talk a little about what may come as a result of these changes, indulging in a little bit of Gaming Industry punditry.

Links:

• [Press Release] Paizo Publishing to Cease Publication of DRAGON and DUNGEON - The official press release from Wizards of the Coast/Paizo Publishing regarding the cancellation of the magazines.
• [Press Release] Introducing Pathfinder: Paizo’s Adventure Path Monthly - The official press release announcing Paizo’s new monthly product.
• Pulp Gamer Inside Track 018: Joshua Frost of Paizo Publishing - Pulp Gamer’s interview with Paizo’s Joshua Frost on the cancellation of the magazines, the transition process, the announcement of Pathfinder and the rest of Paizo’s upcoming products. (Note: Originally, Inside Track #18 was an interview with Phil Lacefield Jr. and it was released the day after the press releases hit the streets. Apparently there was an issue with something said during the interview that prompted the episode to be taken down and later be replaced with the current episode with Joshua Frost.)
• GAMA Trade Show
• Paizo Publishing
• Wizards of the Coast

 

 TGT Special Episode 01 - Cancellation of Dragon & Dungeon Magazines [21:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Gamer Traveler, the podcast about gaming and travel all in one, has joined Goblin: the Gaming Broadcast Network, as of its latest episode, Episode 04 - Brussels.

“I’m very excited to have my show be a part of Goblin,” said Daniel M. Perez, host of the show. “The Gamer Traveler is now in the company of the best gaming-related podcasts and will receive wider distribution via GBN’s various thematic feeds, thus exposing new listeners to this unique show.”

The Gamer Traveler Podcast - www.thegamertraveler.com
Goblin: The Gaming Broadcast Network - www.gbncom.com

Podcast Pickle has an island on Second Life, and within it, Sam Chupp of The Bear’s Grove Podcast has set up a RPG Podcasters room showing the podcast covers to a good number of our shows. Recently Sam added The Gamer Traveler to the wall, and today I had a chance to drop by Second Life to take a look.

This is the RPG Podcasters room.

And this is me in front of the badge for The Gamer Traveler Podcast.

You can find Podcast Island and the RPG Podcasters room at this SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Podcast%20Island/81/64/38/ 

I don’t visit Second Life a lot, but that’s my name there on this screenshot, in case you want to look me up or add me to your friends list. And yes, I need a new avatar; I don’t like the one I have now.

Thanks a lot to Sam for setting this up!

The Gamer Traveler Podcast has been featured as a New and Notable podcast in the Games & Hobbies: Other Games category over on iTunes.

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As an aside, that other podcast shown there, Carpe GM, is very neat, too, so go check it out. 

In Episode 03 of The Gamer Traveler we visit the medieval city of Rothenburg, over the river Tauber, in Germany’s Romantic Road. A few hours from Munich, Rothenburg is a fairy-tale medieval town that you can walk into, run around and stay in for the night, experiencing its charm.

See the full show notes and links here.

 

 TGT Episode 03 - Rothenburg odT [17:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Show Notes for Episode 02 of The Gamer Traveler:

• Shamrock.org: Tourism Ireland - Official site of the Irish Board of Tourism. Info on the traveling, lodging, attractions and events for the whole island.
• Wikipedia: Ireland - The Wikipedia entry for Ireland.
• Flickr: Ireland - See photos of Ireland, from our honeymoon.
• Celtic Honeymoon - The online travel journal of our trip to Ireland.

Places/Things Mentioned:
All links are either to an official site or to Wikipedia.

• Guinness, Smithwicks, Kilkenny, Rock of Cashel, Dingle, Ballymore House, Fungi the Dolphin, Dick Mack’s, Dunbeg Fort, Clochans, Slea Head/Peninsula Drive, Reasc Monastery, Kilmakedar Church, Cliffs of Moher, The Burren, Poulnabrone Dolmen, Galway, Connemara, Kylemore Abbey, Sligo, Yeats’s Grave, Ben Bulben, Donegal, Tory Island, Fomorians, Northern Ireland, Dunluce Castle, The Giant’s Causeway, Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Belfast, Bru Na Boinne (Boyne River Valley), Newgrange, Dublin, Trinity College, Book of Kells, Joyce’s Tower, Thoor Ballylee (Yeats’s Tower).

Promos

• TGT Show ID by Villain Talk with Dewaine Haroldson
• Irish Fireside Podcast

Games Mentioned:

• Slaine by Mongoose Publishing
• GURPS Celtic Myth by Steve Jackson Games
• Celtic Age by Avalanche Press
• Bardic Lore by Highmoon Media Productions
• Celtic Adventures Bundle by Arion Games, Dog Soul Publishing, HMP and World Builders Guild

Travel Info:

• Rick Steves’ Ireland 2007 - My favorite travel guide and the one we used.
• Rick Steves’ Europe DVD: Ireland and Scotland, 2000-2007 - Featuring various episodes on different areas of Ireland.

Music:

• “Road Trip” by Dust Rhinos (Podsafe Music Network).
• “Irish Jig” by Jag (Magnatune).
• “Nead Na Lachan” by Eilis Kennedy (album at CD Baby).
• “Celtic Impulse” by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
• “Errigal” by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
• “Rocky Road to Dublin/Irish Experience” by Tamlin.
• The Gamer Traveler theme music is “Ragasutra“ from the album All Strings Considered by Jamie Janover and Michael Masley, and is provided courtesy of Magnatune.

 

 TGT Episode 02 - Ireland [63:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I managed to find some time to put together a promo for The Gamer Traveler Podcast. Even better, I was able to get two promos out of the same recording, a 1:20 minute version, and a :30 second version!

Here’s the :30 sec. version.

Feel free to play these in your podcast, or send them to friends who may enjoy the podcast.

 

 TGT Promo 01 - Generic (:30) [0:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Cead Mille Failte!

Even though The Gamer Traveler is a bi-weekly show and the next episode is scheduled for 3/23, I wanted to have an Ireland-themed show out today or tomorrow to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (a.k.a. International Ireland Day).

For a variety of reasons, not the least of which that I was falling asleep last night when I wanted to record, I could not get the show done in time for an actual St. Pat’s Day release, for which I am sorry.

What I will do is record the show during the week and release it next Friday, instead of the originally-scheduled Episode 02 (at least that’s the plan, subject to things going as I’d like them to). The show will focus on Ireland in general, specifically on Irish myths and legends, and in particular with the story of one of mythic Ireland’s greatest heroes, Cuchulainn.

Have a happy St. Patrick’s Day and Erin Go Bragh!

In Episode 01 - Warwick Castle it was announced that The Gamer Traveler Podcast would be holding its first contest, with the prize being a $30 gift certificate to Geeklabel.com.

The official rules for the Gaming & Travel Story contest have now been posted on the forums and you can read them here.

Drop by, read them, and submit your story today!

As a courtesy, I sent out a notice to each company whose game I mentioned on Episode 01 - Warwick Castle, specifically in this case: Atlas Games, Green Ronin, Morrigan Press and UKG Publishing.

I just got a note back from Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games letting me know she had put a notice on the front page of the Atlas Games’ website about The Gamer Traveler and our mention of Ars Magica. You can see it here.

Thanks a lot to Michelle for that nice touch. And if you made it over here thanks to that, then welcome!